New marine beacon lights entrance to Newhaven

The new T1200 buoy has a 1.2m diameter hull, which is combined with an integral daymark containing an internal radar reflector. It is suitable for use in coastal locations and is already attracting much attention from potential customers.

Hydrosphere has also just secured a new contract with Newhaven Port Authority for replacement of the lights in the existing traffic light system at the harbour entrance with a new Vega LED marine beacon system.

The new lights incorporate a unique feature utilising a newly developed multi-lens system which not only maximises light capture and spread but also will use 70% less power than the present system.

Andy Reid, Hydrosphere managing director said, ‘The VLB-44-TL which Newhaven Port Authority has chosen is a unique light. It has recently been developed and utilises multiple lenses which give a large vertical spread of light’. The new light system should be installed and working by the Spring of 2011.

But the new orders don’t stop there. Hydrosphere has also recently supplied two new Vega LED sector lights for installation in Trinity House lighthouses on Holy Isle.

The lights, all round VEGA VSL-73 sector lights, are for Guile Point and Heugh, which give a lead for vessels entering Holy Island Harbour. They will be installed by the Trinity House, which is responsible for the operation and maintenance of all lighthouses in England and Wales.

Andy Reid added, ‘This is the first time Trinity House has chosen to use LED lights for wide sector lighthouse lights. The Vega sector light is highly engineered to provide a sharp boundary between colours, which has only been made possible with developments in LED optics technology and design which have taken place over the last two years’.